Franklin Man Gets 5 Years In Jail For Having 200 Child Porn Files

FRANKLIN, NJ — A Franklin man was sentenced to 60 months in prison for getting more than 200 videos and pictures of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

Lomere T. Walls, 27 previously pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with one count of receipt of child pornography. (See Related: Franklin Man Had Over 200 Child Abuse Videos, Images: US Attorney)

U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti sentenced Walls on Wednesday in Trenton federal court. Walls was also sentenced to five years of supervised release.

Walls admitted to actively searching for child pornography videos and images, which he then saved on his computer, Carpenito said.

Walls installed a file sharing program on his computer several years ago to download videos and images of child sexual abuse, according to documents filed in this case and statements made in court.

Authorities downloaded dozens videos of child pornography from Walls' computer between July and November of 2016 and found 149 videos and 92 images of child sexual abuse on Walls' computer and phone, according to the report.

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